Bulger killer Jon Venables may face porn hearing in secret

Denise Fergus wants to look Jon Venables in the eye after he killed her sone James

Denise Fergus, 42, is furious that the thug who murdered her two-year-old son may escape trial in court for alleged child porn offences. [>

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She spoke out after it was revealed Justice Secretary Jack Straw may leave Venables, now 27, in the hands of parole chiefs for breaking the terms of his release on licence. [>

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He could still face 10 years in jail – but it means the grieving mum will not get the chance to look him in the eye. [>

And yesterday she called for justice “to be seen to be done”. [>

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Her spokesman said: “Denise wants to see justice done, and in the case of Venables, not only must it be done, it must be seen to be done.[>

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“She has been concerned from the outset that there may be attempts to sweep this under the carpet and have it dealt with by the parole board in secret.[>

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“But the Justice Secretary has spoken of Venables being suspected of a ‘very serious offence’ and if there is evidence of that, he should be brought before a court.[>

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“They should not make any special exception on the grounds of cost or protecting his anonymity. If he has committed a serious crime as an adult he must be dealt with in an open court on that basis.[>

“And Denise has said she wants to be present at any trial.”[>

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Mrs Fergus has already said she suspects she will be barred from any trial involving her son’s killers. “I’d like to see him tried again in a court,” she said. “I’d like to be in court but I know they’ll say no.” [>

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And Government insiders have claimed that Mr Straw is being pushed by senior advisers to take the “easier option”.[>

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They are said to have warned him against court for fear of “lurid details” of Venables’ alleged offences “coming out in full Technicolor”. [>

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At the weekend, Mrs Fergus called for the Children’s Commissioner to be sacked for dismissing the two-year-old’s murder as “unpleasant”.[>

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Dr Maggie Atkinson said that James’s 10-year-old killers should not have been prosecuted because they were too young.[>

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Government-appointed Dr Atkinson said: “Even the most hardened of youngsters who have committed some very difficult crimes are not beyond being frightened.”[>

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Facebook last night removed the profile of a sick user who said murdered tot James Bulger “had it coming” after the Daily Star alerted them to the site.[>